[amannamedtruth]

From the Huffington Post...

The Chicago City Council on Wednesday approved a measure that would allow police officers to ticket people found with small amounts of marijuana instead of arresting them.

Aldermen voted 43-3 in favor of the ordinance, under which anyone in possession of 15 grams of marijuana – roughly the equivalent of 15 marijuana cigarettes – faces a fine between $250 and $500.

Both Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Chicago Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy support the ordinance, and a marked jump in Chicago's homicide rate may have given the proposal more steam. Homicides are up by about 50 percent so far this year compared to the same period last year.

Several aldermen said the new law will allow police to spend more time on street patrols and less on processing people for the minor offense of possessing small amounts of marijuana. Alderman Danny Solis, who sponsored the measure, estimated the city would receive $7 million a year in revenue....

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/0...hp_ref=chicago

[dank.frank]

YES YES YES...

THIS is the PROPER first step towards MMJ.

Good job, Chicago!! I always did love that city...


dank.Frank

"voted 43-3 in favor of the ordinance"

wow, a landslide too...

[Prodigygrower]

hell ya now if they just get the med thing going i'd be really happy!

[stihgnobevoli]

pah!

while im glad people don't have to worry about jail time over silly shit like weed, it's not because chicago is such a grand progressive city. it's all about the $$$$ chicago is one giant trap waiting for you to set it off and cough up some dough. that is all.

fucking $250-$500 fines for $30 - $100 (depending on how much you got ripped off for that "loud") worth of weed. you were better off with the old system really where the judge would most likely throw out your case as a waste of time if the cops didn't just pocket your shit and send you on your way.

that mayor rahm, all about the bottom line...lining his pockets that is.

also that medical thing, prolly never gonna happen unless there is big $$$ attached. they've been sitting on that one for years now. goes to the house, gets stalled, expires, gotta start over again. and again and again...and again

[Prodigygrower]

I know what you mean bro i prayed it would pass last year and it didnt really sucked amnd the mayor's wife uses med cannabis i dnt understand its fucked up

[Abja Roots]

Finally. Now all we need is to get some medical out there. Love the Chi.

As the economy has faltered, it's definitely gotten more violent in all those areas where people are pressed together in urban situations. Incarceration leads to violence, which leads to further incarceration. The cycle continues.

It shouldn't even be a fine, but it's better than the alternative.

[touringfunkband]

Originally Posted by Prodigygrower

I know what you mean bro i prayed it would pass last year and it didnt really sucked amnd the mayor's wife uses med cannabis i dnt understand its fucked up

Where did you read about the mayor's wife using medical marijuana? I googled it but couldn't find anything relative..

[hamstring]

I was talking to someone about this yesterday. Although i agree it’s all about the $$frog skins$$ there are some good things that will come out of this.

Coming from a non-med state myself the thing I believe it will change the most is societies (Chicago Society) view of MJ.
This will change the minds of all those who were sitting on the fence of whether MJ is good/bad. I’m sure it wont change all minds but many take a view that if its illegal its bad no gray area.

When you decriminalize something people as a whole now look at this much like a traffic ticket. I mean a traffic ticket is still breaking the law but it is not a societal taboo to speed. MJ will become much like this and once that happens the momentum of Medical MJ will be much greater.

As an example of how it works both ways take a look at cigarette smoking in general. Societies view of it has changed greatly due to the restrictions (right or wrong) they have put on it. Go back to the 50's and you were an outcast if you didn’t smoke now it’s the other way around. They haven't passed any laws to outright outlaw cigarette smoking but society has. It’s not nearly as accepted as it once was.

Yes laws make a huge difference but I would like to suggest that societal acceptance will push to change laws. When grandma church lady has a grandson who smokes pot and she looks at it like a speeding ticket so goes the rest of the society.
PEACE

[Behind_The_Mask]

hamstring nailed it

step in the right direction

once it becomes "normal" we can finally just live our lives

i think we are pretty close